London: John Camden Hotten 1866. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Jacob Larwood. A third edition of this illustrated history of signboards from Jacob Larwood and John Camden Hotten. Third edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and one hundred illustrations across nineteen plates. Collated complete. Exploring the evolution and significance of signboards examining their role in urban life as symbols of trade identity and culture throughout different historical periods. This work seeks to trace the origins classifications and humorous anecdotes surrounding various signs while highlighting their fading importance in a more literate society. Written by Herman Diederik Johan van Schevichaven who wrote as Jacob Larwood a Dutch non-fiction author and John Camden Hotten an English bibliophile and publisher best known for his clandestine publishing of numerous erotic and pornographic titles. Publisher's advertisements to the rear. Rebacked in the original cloth. Externally smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Light spotting and minor age toning to the first and last few pages. Very Good John Camden Hotten hardcover
John Camden Hotten 1866T. hardcover. Acceptable. 0.0000 in x 0.0000 in x 0.0000 in. NOT an ex-library book. Well read with some wear but still very useable. FOXING THROUGHOUT. John Camden Hotten hardcover
London: John Camden Hotten 1867. Large Paper Edition. Hardcover. good. 26 x 20 cm. Quarto. 536pp Red cloth with black leather spine. Marble endpapers. Gilt top foredges. One hundred illustrations in facsimile by J. Larwood. Color frontispiece. This large paper edition is limited to 100 copies and has 72 extra illustrations not present in the other edition. Scarce in this edition. Binding tight. Top and bottom of spine as well as corners and edges show some wear. Cloth a bit spotted. In a mylar protective wrapper. John Camden Hotten hardcover
London: Chatto and Windus c1876 . Cloth. Good. 8" by 6". Jacob Larwood. A fascinating account of the history of parks of London illustrated with four colour plates after George Cruikshank. An illustrated history of parks in London from Dutch writer Herman Diederik Johan van Schevichaven here writing under the pseudonym Jacob Larwood. With frontispiece and three further plates all in colour and the work of George Cruikshank the famed British caricaturist and book illustrator. Collated complete.Originally published as a two volume work in 1872 this history of London's parks travels through William the Third to George III to the nineteenth century while also discussing specific parks including Mulberry Gardens Green Park and St James's Park.Dated circa 1876 via Durham University and the University of London.With a library blind stamp to the head of the front free endpaper.With the armorial bookplate of H E Sherwin Holt to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Bumping to back strip head and tail with significant handling marks and rubbing to boards. Rear hinge a touch strained but firmly held. Blind stamp to head of front free endpaper. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good Chatto and Windus hardcover
London: Chatto and Windus 1876. Cloth. Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated George Cruikshank. A charming history of parks in London complete with four colour plates from George Cruikshank. An illustrated Undated dated from copies institutionally. With a coloured frontispiece and three further coloured plates all the work of eminent British caricaturist and book illustrator George Cruikshank. Collated complete.A fascinating history of London's iconic parks including the parks' role as a historical landmark its royal connections and the city's inhabitants. Written by Jacob Larwood Herman Diederik Johan van Schevichaven a Dutch non-fiction author. With a thirty-two page catalogue of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original cloth binding. Externally with rubbing to the extremities most notably to the spine. Damp spots to the boards and a couple additional marks to the rear. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with occasional spots. Contemporary ink inscription to the verso of the front free endpaper. Good Chatto and Windus hardcover
London 1875 John Camden Hotten Half-Leather (Hardcover)
Demi-cuir (Relié), 20 x 14 cm, 536 + pp. publiés, Anglais, Illustrations, état du livre : Très Bon, avec 100 illustrations en fac-similé par J. Larwood [Cette description peut avoir été traduite par une IA.]
University of Chicago Press December 1993. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. used hardcover copy lacking a dust jacket. light shelfwear corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws save for the lack of the original jacket. University of Chicago Press hardcover
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